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Christianity: Faith, Scripture and Tradition

The Rule of Saint Benedict

by Benedict of Nursia

The monastic rule written by Benedict for his communities in sixth-century Italy, regulating prayer, work, reading, obedience and the life of the abbey. It became the standard rule for Western monasticism and is still followed by Benedictines and Cistercians.

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